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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=19045 |  Legionosh (296) Jan 10, 2008 - 03:14 pm
| While the extra space is welcome, it isn't like Blu-Ray has better picture quality as they now both use the same codec. (heck the early Blu-Ray movies used an inferior codec so they actually paled in comparison to HD-DVD movies as far a picture quality is concerned).
Blu-Rays extra storage space does allow for things like completely lossless audio, but there are compression schemes that give you 95% of the quality of the lossless, so unless you have a very high end audio setup 99.99% of the people won't hear the difference between the high quality compressed scheme and the lossless anyway.
The DRM, as always, is the main reason I wanted HD-DVD to prevail (as well as the standardized player feature set) but alas it seems the war is practically over.
My two cents,
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=19045 | Legionosh (296) Jan 10, 2008 - 03:07 pm
| Turncoat? I don't see it that way.
I was WAY behind HD-DVD as far as support is concerned, but ALL the signs say HD-DVD is on the way out.
As I stated previously I'd rather HD-DVD and the lesser DRM factor, but if Blu-Ray is going to win I might as well get the most out of the money I've invested in my small yet relatively expensive HD-DVD collection.
The 360 is still my go to gaming device, so rest assured I haven't abandoned the 360 in the slightest. The PS3 will handle the Blu-Ray and the occasional chores, the way it was before I sold my 60GB PS3 to a friend.
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=19045 | Legionosh (296) Jan 09, 2008 - 01:56 pm
| Wow...bias much Soldier36?
As usual yours is the most biased and opinionated comment of the lot, and not in a good way. Nice to see you put so much thought into your comments. Remind me again why it always seems I am having to make posts like this..?
Anyway, I was a supporter of HD-DVD until this announcement, but traded in my 360 HD-DVD drive and my 14 HD-DVDs on my lunch break not an hour ago ($150 Gamestop credit, not a ton but enough all things considered).
As much as I hate to admit it, all signs point to more or less everyone jumping the HD-DVD ship to go to Blu-Ray. I figured I might as well get out while I can still get a decent enough amount to make it worth my while. I'll use the credit towards another PS3 and pick one up in a month or so.
I will grudgingly welcome an end to the current HD format wars. While it was good in the beginning as it drove down prices for the customer, it has gotten to the point that it really needs to come to an end.
I don't see anyone in the Blu-Ray camp switching sides unless there is some financial compensation involved. So with Paramount most likely going to Blu-Ray (regardless of them stating they still back HD-DVD, I don't see them holding out for too long), that will leave Universal as the lone "BIG" HD-DVD backer in the HD-DVD camp.
So now I'll have to deal with more DRM, some players not fully compatible out the box (the BRJ+ fiasco)..not to mention people like Soldier36 whose most intelligent comment is something like "Go Blu-Ray!!"...
Sigh, oh well...at least things are looking like the HD war may finally be on it's last legs. I am tired of deciding between 2 formats. While I would've preferred HD-DVD to win, I am glad it's about over.
My two cents,
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18857 | Legionosh (296) Dec 20, 2007 - 11:23 pm
| doomtrooper..
Any media like TV Shows and Movies downloaded to your 360 hard drive are not only tied to your hard drive, but can only be viewed on the 360 it was downloaded to.
(meaning in short that you can't download episodes/movies to your 360 HDD and then bring your HDD to a friends house to watch them on his/her 360).
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18776 | Legionosh (296) Dec 17, 2007 - 03:53 pm
| Soldier36, this coming from the guy who said 3 posts ago that consoles should be done away with?
You are the one that seems to put down console games/gaming almost every chance you get, so now you try to make some kind of back handed retort to save face in some cynical round about way? Or was this an actual attempt to make a genuine nicety towards my person?
..and jumping off the cliff was your idea. The only thing I'd like to see is you not be such an obvious jerk so much the time. Don't make me out to be the guy who attacks random people on the message boards. If you didn't so often post such rude comments I'd never feel compelled to write things like I did above.
(for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction..sort of a fundamental law of physics)
I just think a lot of what you say is often wrong and unfair..often to people who you call "poor" and often claim they aren't gamers due to their platform of choice. Don't demean someone because they might be at a lower financial level than you. That often can't be helped.
(Now if someone is a bad person by choice, then feel free to demean them if you feel the need to be cruel towards someone)
None the less, regardless of what you might think of me, I harbor no ill will towards you. Only towards the rude things you tend to say from time to time.
..and a nice TV by the way (hopefully this isn't you again boasting about your material acquisitions..I only mentioned mine is passing to make a point that console gaming can have it's perks)..I wish mine did 1080p, but that wasn't in the budget when I bought it...maybe at tax time this year I can get one that does it.
None the less, I do hope you have a good holiday Soldier36, as I do to everyone on these boards.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18776 | Legionosh (296) Dec 17, 2007 - 10:56 am
| Soldier36, while I agree there is no substitute for no jaggies in a game, consoles DO have there place and DO serve their purpose. I love to game on my consoles (sitting in front of a 42" plasma is a nice consolation for some "jaggies" in my games). I also like to game on my PC (it's all I gamed on for a long time and was, until recently, upgrading constantly since the pentium days..and I've been building and fixing them since the 386 days)..although I don't game on my PC much these days as the current game requirements to run at my native monitor res usually exceed my rig enough to make some games less than pleasurable to play.
(I could've upgraded my PC instead of getting my HDTV, but I feel it was a much better investment and I've gotten a lot more use and enjoyment out of it than I would have a PC upgrade)
You seem to get off constantly running you mouth about how awesome your rig is, while conversely degrading anyone who can't afford anything you have or what you think all "true gamers" should own.
(I understand even true gamers generally have a bias of some sort but people like you take the cake)
Some people have better jobs than others and therefore earn more money than other people. That is the way the world is. Just because you lucked out in your financial situation (or because you still live with your mom) is no reason to always be such am utter jerk.
That is NO way makes them any less of a gamer because they don't or can't spend a couple of grand on a high end system. Nor does it define them as a person or make them "poor" as you so often put it. There are plenty of your so called "poor" people who are a much better person than you'll ever be judging by your constant degrading and demeaning comments.
Maybe to them consoles or the rig they currently have is adequate. Maybe they don't have a PC gaming rig at all. That is totally acceptable to most true "gamers". It's only people like you who are so shortsighted and have such a narrow view of what "gaming" is that makes up the mass population of the "fanboy" crowd.
A good game is a good game regardless of platform my friend. Fact of life.
I haven't posted anything of length on here in a while as the news lately has been sparse and uninteresting, but your almost constant barrage of mindless and fanboyistic (not to mention your severely demeaning and degrading) comments almost always make me have to say something.
Which I appreciate that I guess. I'd been needing to post here a little more as of late anyway.
You may think I single you out, but it's simply because of the comments you post and your utter pathetic attitude towards anything you don't deem as worthy in your eyes. Someone needs to put (and keep) you in your place.
Let me guess, you'll reply by calling me some sort of name or threaten me in some immature way..
..but having read the above comment you'll realize I'm right and you'll "try" to argue your way out logically and try to debunk everything I said about you (although try as you may your comments sadly tend to speak for themselves).
So what a conundrum..either you'll A) react how you typically act and bash me blindly or you'll B) try to act grown up and counter my comments with something that you think is a logical explanation for your often rude and childish behavior, making yourself looked two faced and hypocritical in the process.
Either way I saw it coming..so unless you can give a genuine and honest response as to why you always seem to be such a jerk you might as well accept that my description of you as a person is accurate and deal with it.
My Two Cents,
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18403 | Legionosh (296) Nov 21, 2007 - 08:16 am
| Last I heard the previews for HAZE were not exactly glowing. It wasn't bad per say, just not the stellar game that it was supposed to be..
..maybe the devs are taking the time to make the game as good as possible?
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18342 | Legionosh (296) Nov 16, 2007 - 03:25 pm
| Soldier36...
..normally your comments at least try to have SOME sort of relevance to the topic at hand in some sort of VERY VAGUE round about way..
..but this comment in NO way tied into this news REGARDLESS of how you look at it. WHAT exactly was your point other than trying to be a total jerk?
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18275 | Legionosh (296) Nov 13, 2007 - 09:11 am
| Anuban..
2 years ago? I am talking about the latest teaser trailer they had for download not too long ago (granted it did look better than what was shown a couple of year back, but still it seems to not be living up to the hype, at least from what I've seen so far).
Maybe it will be Banjoo Kazooie, but who knows..
With my luck they'll kill the only game on the list I really want (Alan Wake).
I definitely don't see it being Fable 2...so that leaves either A) Banjoo Kazooie or B) Alan Wake..and with all the unexplained delays I am seriously hoping it isn't Alan Wake.
(but with Silicon Knights in legal action against Epic does that mean Too Human is on hold until that suit it resolved, or can it be released without repercussion?)
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18275 | Legionosh (296) Nov 12, 2007 - 01:59 pm
| Well as much as I hate to admit it Too Human wasn't looking all that great anyway.
I hate to see a potentially good game not get released, but sometimes that just happens.
Just PLEASE give me Alan Wake before 2010...that's all I ask.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18226 | Legionosh (296) Nov 08, 2007 - 07:55 am
| Kessandra..
..it's very possible that it is a total BS rumor..
..but since this is the first hardware with all the PS2 hardware removed, it's ALSO possible these new boards/models are having unforeseen issues.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18132 | Legionosh (296) Nov 02, 2007 - 10:47 pm
| X4 Critical...
..I think part of the biggest problem was also the class system..I mean, who honestly wanted to be a dancer? When you think of Star Wars 99.9999999% of the people think either A) Jedi or B) Bounty Hunter.
So while your friends are off on different planets (while being a cool idea basically ended up feeling like nothing more than different Zones) hunting down X or doing Y, you're dancing in a bar..and while it did serve it's purpose (healing of a sort if I remember correctly), in the end it really did nothing to help the game.
There are always a select few who (thankfully) like being healers/clerics/etc, but I think it was the relatively lame classes that hurt the game a lot, not to mention the quests seemed to be VERY lacking from what I remember.
Graphically it did look nice for the time though, I will give it that (but so did EQ2, and look how well that game did..and yes I even tried that one..lol..)
Anyway I do agree that the Star Wars Universe has the potential to be a good MMORPG...even though I'd personally appreciate it if the names didn't so often sound so lame..Something like "Heath Starhopper"? I mean come on, I Love Star Wars as much as the next game geek, but there comes a point of silliness to where I can to start protesting..lol..
My two cents,
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18141 | Legionosh (296) Nov 02, 2007 - 10:32 pm
| Ahh Soldier36..so I see that you are again showing what kind of a person you truly are..
..just a plain arrogant, pompous jerk.
I thought you'd learn by now that nobody really likes you, especially when you act this way (and to think odds are your mother honestly tried her best to raise you to be a good person, but it seems you had other plans...)
So NOW you are defining what a gamer is by their earnings or disposable income? That is the saddest thing I have heard in a long time, but what's even sadder is that is actually what I come to expect out of you.
They make various level cards for people of different incomes and needs. It's been like that since probably way before you even thought of PC gaming, but since you can afford the highest end parts for whatever reason (your mom raised your allowance or your dad got you in at his workplace) you automatically feel the need to degrade anyone who can't afford the things you do?
You only THOUGHT I put you in your place before for being such a biased, pompous a$$ of a jerk, but to morally attack people because they may or may not be able to afford the things you do (and maybe they can, but they choose not to) is where I have to step in and AGAIN put you back where you belong.
You TRULY are a sad, pathetic excuse for whatever life form you claim to be.
(I think this is where you can't respond to anything I say with ANY sort of intelligent comment so you resort to 12 year old name calling, correct?)
..and I think you meant to use the word "you're" and not "your"..
..perhaps you need to go back to what, 5th grade english?..maybe get a bit of a refresher course so to speak..
What exactly IS it with you anyway? Do you ALWAYS feel the need to be a jerk to anyone who doesn't abide by your definition of what a gamer should be? Everybody has an opinion, I am aware of that, but you take things the wrong direction and just make yourself out to be a total jerk of an a$$, bottom line.
Are you that self absorbed and arrogant that nothing matters besides what you think? So do you degrade people at your workplace? (if you even work..for all I know you are some 14 year old kid..which even if you aren't you sure the heck act like one most of the time)
Do you degrade people at public stores? Do you degrade people you don't even know? Are you the guy that is always right even when he's 100% wrong? What, do you make fun of homeless people on the street? Do you mock those less fortunate than you? Geez, I hate to think of what you'd call someone with a physical handicap who was ALSO struggling financially.
Personally I've had a speech problem all my life, and it can make certain things difficult, but that doesn't make me any less of a person than you are, even if you might happen to earn more than me monetarily. It doesn't mean I am unintelligent or incapable of anything else.
What would you call me? A retard? A St-st-st-stuttering idiot? Or some other colorful description that I haven't heard yet in my 38 years of living? I'm sure you can think of something to call me since I apparently don't meet your gaming criteria and am even considered "poor" by your standards..
This isn't about gaming platform choice or game "X" vs game "Y", it's about you respecting people who've done nothing wrong to you or anyone else.
Maybe one day you'll learn to act like a grown up..then again maybe not.
Perhaps you'll be a sorry, pitiful excuse for a person your entire life.
It's your choice.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18138 | Legionosh (296) Nov 02, 2007 - 09:55 am
| As much as I love the Elder Scrolls series (bring on ES:5 please), what is going to separate it from the other 5 million fantasy world theme based MMORPGs out there?
KOTOR sounds sooo good in theory but Star Wars Galaxies didn't exactly live up to expectations (and with a user base of only around 10,000 it's a wonder it's still running), so what exactly will save it from facing he same fate as SW:G?
Fallout does have the distinction of being the most, well, distinct of the above mentioned titles. I think this one holds the most promise, at least in terms of originality.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18132 | Legionosh (296) Nov 02, 2007 - 06:35 am
| I remember buying the big collectors edition launch day and trying to log in...it was a disaster.
I played the game on and off for a couple of months and then lost total interest..sigh..
Maybe someday devs will learn not every franchise/IP needs to be made in an MMORPG. Some things just don't work that way.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 11:40 pm
| Ok, no points, but I was right on a couple of things, not my opinions as you mentioned.
Maybe my generalization of the rap populas was an over generalization, but you act as if I don't see them every single day. If that wasn't the case I would agree with you, but I do. It's hard not to see the ignorance in the attitude they have or how hey present themselves..which bother me as much as anything.
..perhaps you'd like to come to Louisiana and see it for yourself? They're not hard to miss.
(maybe you could bring a few thousand belts while you're at it? Actually I think they belts already, they just apparently don't know how to use them)
..and it isn't like I can't hear what they are always playing as I can hear it two cars away.
As far as your dress, you stated yourself that you don't fit the people I see everyday, so I can't compare you to them. I am also pretty sure you don't walk around wearing a grill or anything of the like. And after hearing many of the people I spoke of open their mouths you seem a FAR more intelligent person than any of them. So again I can't compare you to them.
You'd be HARD pressed to find someone like yourself where I live. It's just as simple as that, and that can't be blamed on me or my "limited scope" per say. If every 12 yr old and up wants to dress like rapper X how am I overgeneralizing? How am I stereotyping them when they stereotype themselves? I don't single them out as it were. They are just everywhere. Same attitude. Same swagger like they rule the world, same snarl like they wanna kill anyone they don't like. The way they WANT to present themselves is the way I SEE them. So I don't think I am "seeing things that aren't there" so to speak.
(although seeing them trying to walk down the mall with their pants about to fall hanging around their a$$ with one hand one the waistband is priceless. It simply shows how stupid the whole genre apparel really is. If you have to hold up your pants there is a serious problem..it's always worth a good laugh though)
There is a difference (at least to me) between techno and rap without lyrics (is there such a thing?). With rap there is always someone with a bad attitude and the like, not so with Techno, which is often remixed by someone and they often remain behind the scenes and sometimes even nameless (and often without profit). I don't hear of gang violence or shootouts at most,if any, techno shows..I don't see techno guy X wanting to kick everyones rear end or start a gang war at a show.
Music genres I've never heard of? While I am 100% certain that statement is correct, I try to be very well versed musically. Just because I think rap is degrading todays youth faster than any genre before it doesn't mean I am not open to different musical styles. I'd like to see these rapper with musical genres I've never seen nor heard of. Actually I'd like to see one of these genres itself in all seriousness. Always willing to listen to new music ("music" being the key word here).
I am well aware of what rap is as I've stated several times : Steal someone else's music (sometimes they get the rights first though, to be fair), write some lyrics and speak in rhythm over them. That's basically it in a nutshell.
So they are proud of the fact that this "genre" they created is nothing more than talking in rhythm over song samples they took from other people? That is their culture in a nutshell? I'm not sure I'd want to be proud of that.
Maybe this is where you and I differ on the subject? I agree it makes no sense to me. I prefer to listen to actual "music". I respect actual musicians. Even if it's as simple as playing a tom tom or something. Someone made the effort to learn a musical ability to some degree. That is what counts. Some guitar players are far better than others, but the ones with less skill can write just as good a song as the more skilled player. The point being the skill level doesn't necessarily matter, but the effort was made and he/she achieved some level of skill on the instrument.
Hence, musical talent/ability. Pretty simple really.
Maybe I don't really "get" what rap is but that doesn't make any of my prior statements null and void. I may not be the best to judge it as it were, but I still stand by my opinions on it on the whole. For the most part I think they were pretty much on the mark (percentages not withstanding of course).
No rap musicians? If you insist, but neither are they artist as you put it. I'd say at best they're just bad poets who can't write real poetry so they do this..often with abysmal results.
So they make so called "music" yet they don't consider themselves "musicians"? Almost an oxymoron as it were..
Then what they do shouldn't be called music if were are going the whole "the rap over samples" route.
I probably wouldn't have quite as big a problem with "rap" as it were if these "artists" didn't always have the attitude they insist on presenting to the public.
Personally I can't stand arrogant people to save my life, and every rapper I have seen embodies and personifies that. Utter arrogance.
Maybe if they'd not act like the worlds biggest a$$holes, learn some sort of musical ability, write songs that didn't degrade todays youth and learn to dress I'd probably start to respect them in some capacity.
But until then they are basically the antithesis of what I just described, by their own doing. Why would I respect someone like that?
(and I'll make it a point to try not to post percentages..at least without hard facts)
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 10:43 pm
| HongKongPhooey..
..I made a statement stating how Rap has a FAR more negative influence on todays youth than any video game ever could. That is how this turned into what it is now. So I guess this is my fault.
..and I am actually correct. Statistically speaking, if we were to poll numbers, my generalization is still more accurate than D1nOnlys' generalization. Yes it's still a generalization but I would definitely be more accurate than he is. As stated before it's the law of averages in full effect.
So the countless Rap songs that I flip by every day and hear (unwillingly) everywhere are by a small group of rappers then? I would think not.
Even fans of RAP I have talked to (who weren't biased) openly admitted that the "sample recordings" I described FAR outweigh the "good rap" you so proudly speak of. It's simply no comparison.
My son(s) try to play countless rap "sample recordings" from various rappers, and they are all pretty much what I described. Same lyrical garbage, same "uh, yeah" every other line..all over a pre processed stolen sample that has been looped edited to make what "they" consider some sort of musical statement.
Artists? Hardly. Maybe a decent audio engineer, nothing more..but can they do anything other than mix a song with booming bass in it?
..and I need to clarify that I don't listen to what MTV spoon feeds me. I make it a point not to listen to Rap at all if possible. Why degrade myself like that or lower myself to that level?
Independent Mind, independent thought. I am thankful not to be a sheep.
So there is FAR MORE good rap than what is popular on the radio? That is of course your opinion as I have mine.
..but to me so called "music" should have some actual musicians in it. People playing instruments (guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, brass/woodwind, etc). People that can sing in some capacity is a requirement if it's a vocal tune. Just because someone speaks in rhythm and rhyme over a stolen sample of someone else's music doesn't constitute it being a song..or at least it shouldn't.
What do you call "good rap"? Something without a negative message? As stated above I NEVER see ANY indication of that what so ever..and since it's always spoken text over a pre processed audio sample it will be real "music".
Raps negative image is one it's made for itself, bottom line. They CONSTANTLY try and portray themselves to be a certain persona..and it's almost always the same "Bling, hat turned sideways, some sort of grill"..etc, etc..all the while frowning like he wants to kill you.
Sound familiar? It should. It's in basically every video, on every Rap magazine and every other CD cover. Doesn't seem like a small number now.
..and better country? Hmm, I don't seem to recall ANY country making a negative message like the way I described Rap doing. If you mean better as in "musically" or song wise, sure..everyone likes different songs. I personally HATE the stuff that twangs..it's like getting teeth pulled.
But I like (or at LEAST respect) MOST types of music. Basically anything besides Rap and Gospel (and I lump todays R&B and Soul, etc with Rap..now the old stuff was actual music)..so I am FAR from being a closed minded (musically) individual.
If anything it's the RAP fans who like basically only RAP (Hip/Hop R&B..whatever..same sampled loop c-rap as everything else) and nothing else. Jazz? No. Classical? No. Rock?..lol..right. Blues? No..need I go on?
I guess your and my definitions of "good" and "better" need some clarification?. You say "better country" as in the normal stuff is still acceptable but there is better out there, which is a matter of choice but basically correct..
Whereas "good rap" means it doesn't condone violence, ho's, parties, etc, etc..did I read/understand your statement correctly?
So trying to compare the two is basically nonsensical.
"Better Rap" consist of material that doesn't condone everything from drugs and sex to murder, whereas "better country" consist of material that is just..well that. Better songwriting. Maybe better "musicianship" (that's a word I bet rappers would love to see properly associated with their name)..but still nothing inherently wrong with it as is the case of the "non good" rap. See the difference?
And as far as the listeners not making a difference in what the radio stations play that could be accurate, but I am pretty sure they wouldn't play it if it wasn't popular. And what makes it popular? The fan base. So rapper "X" is constantly played on the radio because no one buys his CD?..I don't think so.
..and it isn't like they buy it for the lyrical content anyway. I hear all the loud booming bass coming out of cars constantly. You can't hear anything BUT the bass Thump..then a rattle..then a thump..then a rattle..add infinitum. So please don't try to justify the lyrical content of rap..they don't hear it anyway.
Anything else I can clarify for you? (although it may be tomorrow as it's late and I have to work in the morning)
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17984 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 08:46 pm » Edited on Oct 23, 2007 - 09:02 pm
| I replied to this and it somehow got deleted...grr..anyway..
@Crimer76..what he told me is what was said in the e-mail. If there is an error in what he told me the blames falls on the corporate office as he is very competent. The e-mail said GH3 specifically.
..and I guess I could get it on PS3, but since I'd be the only person I know that has it on PS3 (every person I know who had a PS3 has traded it in) I'd be playing it by myself..hence why it really isn't an option for me.
@Eclipse..I personally was not aware there was an option to get either wired or wireless, as I've seen and heard nothing but wireless for a while now. It was supposed to be wireless, bottom line.
..maybe the e-mail was referring to that option, but the e-mail was worded in a way that left no doubt about what it meant to say. Again any error in this matters falls on Gamestop corporate, not on the employees doing their job. If the managers are told by the multi million (if not billion) corporate office it's now wired, who are they to disagree/argue?
I hope it's inaccurate, but they were even asked to tell customers that reserve it that the controller is now wired, so take that as you will.
I'll probably cancel it anyway and get something else even if it does end up being wireless..all my friends are canceling their GH3 reserves and getting Rock Band..maybe I'll find someone to go in half with me on it..$170..ouch.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 08:29 pm
| D1nOnly..
..well if they played more than that on MTV and the Radio, and in every record store and Best Buy and countless other stores and every other music channel I "might" have more knowledge on the subject. I only know what I see and hear as I pass store and store and music channel after channel. I make it a point not to go near certain radio stations..I prefer some "talent" with my music.
..and in regards to country music you can turn on any station or music channel on TV and the songs will be infinitely more varied than all the Rap radio stations AND TV channels combined. My generalization is just simply far more accurate than yours. Law of averages my friend.
You make it sound like I am describing a small percentage of Rap. I've had these discussions with people who like Rap and even they admit that the overwhelming majority of Rap is basically as I said it is. They also say there is "good rap" to be had, but that it is sadly only a small percentage of what is out there.
I will admit I don't listen to Rap (why on gods earth would I torture myself like that?). I simply don't like it. I have heard some things by certain Rappers..the level of intelligence in the songwriting is enough to make me lose MORE than a few IQ points. When they learn to play a musical instrument or even sing a song over said instrument (and not some rip-off of someone elses music they modified in Pro-Tools and call it their "original work") maybe I'll try to give them some level of respect. Also maybe some kind of intelligent lyrical content would be a BIG plus..
Until then they are simply stealing music bits and pieces because they quite simply don't have the talent to write their own. Fact of life my friend. If they could play it they wouldn't have to "sample" it.
..and you make it sound like it's my fault I don't know of the "good rap", or that it's my fault that all I hear is the garbage the radio stations and music channels play. If it was so "good" it would be FAR more widespread and known even by people like myself who don't like rap.
Again it comes down to the fact that to me musicians should have musical talent. Songs shouldn't be about ho, drugs, parties, etc, etc (being able to actually sing to some degree is a requirement as well). Yes there are rock bands who write also write songs about drinking and partying, but those songs tend to be the exception, not the rule. Whereas in Rap if you want to be big and famous then you have to have "sample rip-off recordings" about these topics.
Also, acting like a thug/loser, dressing like an R-tard and wearing the GAUDIEST so called "jewelery" (aka..Bling) is VERY high on the list of recommendations as well, but not "yet" a requirement, although you wouldn't know it by looking around.
I went to high school with kids who wore their hats sideways and their pants around their rear end. They were in special ed (lower learning level classes). Their moms forgot to dress them those days so they were forced to sadly dress themselves and they didn't know any better. What's the excuse of people these days?
(I'll briefly go into how wearing your pants low came from prison. Basically the lower your pants were the more of a prison bi*ch you were..but hey if that's the image they want to portray in the rap/hip hop "culture" be my guest. I'll just LAUGH as they have to hold their pants up simply walking down the mall..lol. Simply and utterly r-tarded. I'd LOVE to hear you defend that one.)
Grills(z)? That has got to be THE MOST ignorant (putting it nicely mind you) idea in YEARS. Not only is it UBER F-ING UGLY, it looks pretty darned silly and r-tarded as well. Who the heck thought THAT was a good look? Anything to TRY to give the impression they have money right? Seems to be the sole purpose of Bling (or the Rap "culture" in general).
I see this quite often : Piece of c-rap car going down the road, shaking to death because of the overwhelmingly loud stereo, but hey, he has his BLING so he thinks he's all that (he would notice everyone telling him he's about to lose car part X but he can't because his stereo is about 2X louder than the legal limit...)
..but hey it doesn't matter. The law doesn't apply to him anyway..at least in his mind.
Ahh..to be of an independent mind is INDEED a BEAUTIFUL thing. You should try it sometime.
Maybe you'd prefer a number around 90% then?
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 07:48 pm
| D1nOnly..
First..fair enough, no one asked me. If you feel the need to html slap me go ahead if it makes you feel better..now on to see how well your so called "argument" fairs..I'll give you a point for that.
Second..zealot? I wouldn't say that at all, but when I can't go into a Best Buy (or countless other stores) without the garbage blaring in my face and when it can be heard CLEAR on OTHER SIDE of the store (quite loudly I might add), or when I am in my car, windows rolled up, radio on and I STILL hear the typical "boom, boom" bass of a Rap song from the car 2 lanes over, I would say I am simply tired of it. I don't go looking for it, it gets shoved in my face every single day from everywhere...Point Me.
Third..I NEVER said it was worse than TV or movies. If you care to re-read my statement you'll see I compared it to video games ONLY..Point Me again.
Fourth..yes, most people who listen to rap have very "limited musical taste". I NEVER, EVER see a "rap Fan" listening to ANYTHING else. R&B/HIP HOP is all RAP these days anyway, lump it all together. I don't see them listening to Jazz, Blues, Classical, Country, Rock, etc...Beats? Who cares..I'll take an actual drummer any day. At least he/she has real talent..Point Me yet again.
Fifth..last I checked, these Rap "artists" consider what they do "music"..and since "music" is 99.9999% of the time supposedly made by "musicians", I think you get the point. "Musicians make music"..yet another point for me.
..and I'm not sure if I consider "artist" a better or a worse term. Both usually refer to someone with "talent"..which simply doesn't apply here.
I never said Rap didn't have it's fans, actually quite the opposite. I know it survives (unfortunately) VERY well, and that is why I wrote this.
Tupac? You mean the supposed "thug angel? Well they're half right. He's a thug all right. I could say he's also an angel but there's no telling where he went. I doubt he was shot for being an all around "good guy". OutKast? I've seen one of his videos once. At least he takes himself lightly, I'll give him that. Jay-Z? Never heard his work..but I am 99% sure it sounds like basically every other rap record out there. Sampled music from someone else over a beat they think is great, which in reality is basically indistinguishable from most rap recordings.
..and PLEASE don't tell people listen to rap "for the lyrics". I drive by all these "booming cars" ALL the time (again unfortunately). You can't understand a SINGLE word being said..all you hear is "BOOM..rattle..BOOM..rattle..BOOM ..rattle.." repeat infinitum. Might as well not have any words in the "sample rip-off recordings" (I refuse to call them "songs").
You may not like me, and that's your choice (I've done no ill will to you but again your call) but is it because you disagree with me or because I am more right than you care to admit? Are you upset because I pointed out things that aren't apparent to the blind (aka..most RAP fans)? Maybe things you didn't see yourself? Sounds like me like I was more right than you'd care to admit and you are simply lashing out..
...and that's fair enough I guess, but I didn't attack you personally in any way, simply the supposedly positive "culture" that was good for urban America..yet it's probably caused more violence than anything else.
I hate to think I made an enemy on here, but if you choose to scorn me for writing what I though was intelligent (if one sided) post, again that's your choice to make..as you made your one sided post in return.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 06:41 pm
| @Aftermath...
...while extreme bands like that can be just as bad if not worse than what I described, something YOU are apparently NOT taking into account is that fact that RAP is about 4 billions times more popular than the extreme black/death metal will ever be...at least here in the U.S. (the U.K/Europe may be a different story, but I am telling what I see living in Louisiana).
(..and I AM a parent who tries VERY hard to raise his children with MORAL values and a sense of right and wrong, just for the record. I may not be the worlds best dad but I far from the ones I see who don't give a c-rap what their kids do. I treat my kids with love, respect and discipline..as any parent should)
..and I make it a point to let them listen to as LITTLE rap as possible.
The things you described are at the extreme of the genre (which is at the extreme of metal itself) whereas the things I described happen practically every other day in the rap "culture" everywhere. I know of a few of the things you described, but to pull out the extreme cases like that basically shows how far you have to go to try and counter what I said.
..typical of people who try to justify RAP as a positive and not negative/violent genre or influence.
Right kinds of rap? Unless they are actual "musicians" who actually perform "music" on their albums then your comment is basically worthless..perhaps it's only point is that not every single rap song is about the afore mentioned sex, drugs, etc..but 99% are.
..but the so called "right rap" is ALSO a VERY small percentage of the whole..much akin to what you described in the death metal scene. A very small percentage of each. So to try to compare the two is basically pointless, unless you're trying to justify it to yourself.
GWAR?..do you even know who they are? They are not this "dark, extreme" band you portray them to be..they're almost comedic by their own admittance. You don't think anyone who names their self "balsac" takes themselves seriously do you? I don't know them very well at all but I know enough to know that your statement is inaccurate.
..and if you are referring to their stage show and the occasional "phallic" symbol..again it's done in fun. I don't see GWAR fans running around the mall dressed like a giant phallic symbol.
I have a problem with people always trying to say how positive RAP is and how is helps the urban youth, etc, etc..nothing could be further from the truth.
@Mr. Wielder..
..you are correct that bad parenting is worse than what I described (being a parent myself I understand that 1000%..I never said otherwise), but all too often bad parenting combines with what I described above, making the matter far worse than if the child had a more positive influence the what RAP portrays.
You don't want to know how many "urban" kids (color doesn't matter) I see walking the streets of my neighborhood (even in my local mall) that would just as soon cause you bodily harm as look at you. That's what they see all the time and it's how they see their so called "positive role models" behaving, so that's who they emulate.
Turn on the radio, MTV, any hip hop/rap station, etc...you CAN'T tell me there is a positive influence to be had from RAP.
While rock/metal isn't wholesome by any means, you don't see artists of those genres portraying themselves or glorifying the things that 99% of Rappers do. Not necessarily a positive message here either, but neither is it the overwhelmingly negative message RAP puts out.
You and Aftermath might disagree with my statements, but unless you can prove it wrong then my arguments still stand strong.
(that being said I harbor no ill will against either of you..this is simply a discussion)
..that being said Mr. Wielder, I sometimes get the feeling you don't like me very much..am I correct in that assumption?
People forget how big an audience RAP actually reaches. It's so popular it's sickening. If people would realize how negatively it affects everyone things might change..but for the time being it is what it is.
Utter garbage made by people with no musical talent who think their "sample robbed from someone else's song" is something special and that they have a message..
..too bad the message is 99% of the time about how drunk he got, the HO's he slept with, the drugs he took, the party he was at last night (and the ho's, drugs and alcohol he had at said party), etc, etc...
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 04:32 pm
| Jack Thompson needs to get a clue and a grip and a life. Every other day he's against this company/person or that policy or suing company X..
I have simply had it. I am all for freedom of speech and the American dream but come on, he's simply making himself look like a tool attacking ANYTHING video game related..
..especially when RAP/URBAN/HOP HOP/ETC ETC and it's supposed "culture" are FAR worse an influence than video games could EVER be if you ask me. There's no comparison.
Why not go against the people/culture who promote violence in every other line in their songs, who glamorize being a hoodlum and a thug, who make being a "HO" a good thing, who make not giving a #$#!@ about ANY RULE or LAW or ANYTHING totally 100% ok, who make things like weed/drugs and alcohol ok for anyone over the age of 8.
..last I checked most rock music (or any other for that matter) doesn't make 12 yr olds want to go out and buy a handgun, unless they have anger problems to begin with..then any catalyst can set them off.
(and please NO comment about kids who hunt having guns. They buy guns to go hunting with their parent(s) in the forest, etc. Last I checked most hip hop/thug wannabes aren't big into "hunting"....next?)
..not to mention last I checked being a "musician" involved some sort of "musical talent", whether it be guitar, drums, any stringed or woodwind/brass instrument or even singing. Those are musical talents.
..not "talking in rhythm" over a sample of SOMEONE ELSE'S music that they patched together on a computer because they lack ANY musical talent whatsoever. Why no be a poet instead..
..oh wait, that's right..no one who likes actual "poetry" would listen to that c-rap.
..and please, no comments about how I just don't "get it". I've been playing guitar and have tried to learn various musical instruments for around 20 yrs, so I have a GREAT respect for real "musicians". There's simply nothing to get.
Unlike most people who like "RAP", my musical tastes are about as varied as it gets : Metal, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, Classical, Folk, etc, etc..(and even if I don't "like" said music style personally I at LEAST respect the musicians and talent they have).
..and ALSO no comments about me being racist. I like MANY black musicians (real musicians, no RAP allowed), actors, etc. Color has NOTHING to do with it.
It's the attitude that they are above everyone else, that nothing applies to them, etc, etc...and the "music" thing just makes everything that much more pathetic.
Like I have always said, you can't spell "C-RAP" without "RAP".
Yeah, and he thinks GAMES are bad..
My $7.64,
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17967 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 03:54 pm
| Ahh..very good. :-)
While most of that is a little too harsh for my personal taste my twin brother is a huge fan of that type of music (and stuff much more extreme) and has CDs by most if not all of the bands you listed.
...and add Cradle of Filth before they became "Mall wear"..lol...
Thanks for the info.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17984 | Legionosh (296) Oct 23, 2007 - 10:21 am » Edited on Oct 23, 2007 - 10:21 am
| ..hmm, well I've played the Guitar Hero 3 demo at Gamestop...pretty fun I guess..
..but for those who are uninformed, my friend who works at Gamestop (I may start there myself part time for the holidays..gotta love the employee discount..lol.) got an e-mail from the corporate office yesterday (10-22-07) stating the XBOX 360 Guitar Hero 3 controller will be WIRED AFTER ALL!!
(I'll be canceling my GH3 preorder and putting my money on something else..maybe split it between Assassins Creed and Mass Effect)
To me the wireless controller was the biggest draw of GH3. With both Rock Band AND GH3 having wired controllers I may skip them both altogether..although now I have to say Rock Band DOES look that much more enticing now that this has happened.
Still I've been looking forward to this new Need for Speed since Carbon sucked so much..maybe it will be better (hard to be much worse..lol.)
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17967 | Legionosh (296) Oct 22, 2007 - 08:59 pm
| Seriously?
Korn has been going downhill since the first album.
Blind was such an AWESOME track..the whole CD pretty much rocked (much like the Tool CD with Sober..their best work in my opinion).
I liked some of the latter CDs, but nothing really compared to the rawness of the first CD (some were definitely better than others though)..
Bodoom...just curious, is all serious, what do you call real metal? I am not saying Korn is by any means...just curious as to what you call "real metal"..
Kevin
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